3com TR User Manual

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The sysName field allows you to assign an identifying 
name to the stack. This name is displayed on the top 
level form.

Enter any combination of up to 30 alpha or numeric 
characters as an identifier. Spaces are allowed.

Select OK.

If BOOTP Client is enabled and you have a BootP 
server on your network, an IP address will be assigned 
automatically to the Switch 2000 TR at power up.

The VLAN Setup screen allows you to:

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Assign ports to VLANs, if those ports use Port 
VLAN Mode

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Define a backbone port for each VLAN

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View VLAN setup information for the Switch

To access the VLAN Setup screen:

From the VT100 Main Menu, select SWITCH MAN-
AGEMENT. The Switch Management screen appears.

In the Management Level field, choose VLAN.

Choose the SETUP button. The VLAN Setup screen 
appears as shown in Figure 4-10.

Figure 4-10   VLAN Setup Screen

The screen shows a listbox containing three fields:

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Port—This field allows you to select the ID of the 
port that you want to set up.

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Type—This field displays information about the 
setup of the port:

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Bp—The port is a Backbone port for the 
VLAN(s) specified in the VLAN Membership 
field. 

A backbone port is used to connect each VLAN 
to the backbone of your network, and has the 
following attributes:

Addresses received on the port are not stored in 
the Switch Database.

Frames with unknown addresses received by the 
Switch are forwarded to the port.